[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 188 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 67354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21389]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036674; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Kansas State 
University, Manhattan, KS

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas State University has amended a Notice 
of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on September 
11, 2006. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after October 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Megan Williamson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and 
Social Work, Kansas State University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old Claflin 
Place, Manhattan, KS 66506-4003, telephone (785) 532-6005, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of Kansas 
State University. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments 
and determinations in this notice, including the results of 
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by 
Kansas State University.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (71 FR 53467-53468, 
September 11, 2006) by increasing the minimum number of individuals 
(MNI) listed in the previous notice from four to six. Disposition of 
the items in the original Notice of Inventory Completion has not 
occurred.
    From site 14MP463, in McPherson County, KS, four individuals were 
removed (previously identified as two). No associated funerary objects 
are present.

Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, Kansas State 
University has determined that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of six 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from the aboriginal land of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes 
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after October 30, 2023. If competing requests for 
disposition are received, Kansas State University must determine the 
most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. Kansas State University is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11, 
and 10.13.

    Dated: September 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21389 Filed 9-28-23; 8:45 am]
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